Mustache-guard for drinking-vessels



(No Model.)

L. s.. WARE. MUSTAUHE GUARD FOR DRINKING VBSSELS.

No. 441,911. Patented Dec. 2, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEMUEL S. WARE, OF CAMDEN, NElV JERSEY.

MUSTACHE-GUARD FOR DRlNK'lNG-VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,911, dated December2, 1890.

Application filed July 16, 1890. Serial No. 358,909. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LEMUEL S. W'ARE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful MustacheGuard, of which the followingisaspecification.

My invention relates to a removable mustache-guard applied todrinking-vessels when in use, and so arranged that when not in use itcan be carried in the vest-pocket or otherwise put away.

On reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, making part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a cup to which the removablemustache-guard is applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional view of the cup and guard, through the line a b, Fig.2, together with the elastic springs, in heavy black lines, which claspthe sides of the cup and hold the guard in place. Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional view of the guard and also the springs, in heavy black lines,when not in use; and Fig. 5 is asectional view of the guard through theline a b, Fig. 2, and the elastic springs, in heavy black lines, foldedand thrown back on the guard for convenience in putting away. Fig. 6 isa detail view showing the hinge between the clamp and the guard-plate.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A is the cup.

B is a mustache-guard of any shape, preferably as shown, fitted into thecup at or near its top edge for preventing the runstache of the drinkerfrom dipping into the liquid of the vessel, which is drawn by the mouththrough the opening a, Fig. 2, of the guard. in place by elastic oryielding clamped strips cl (1, which are fastened together at their topends and pivoted to the guard at 6. They form springs that are keptclosed together by The guard is removable, and is held the elasticity ofthe material coinposingthcni, and by embracing and elasping the surfacesof the cup hold the guard firmly in place, Fig. 3. Then the guard isremoved from the cup, the clamps d d close together, as shown in Fig. 4,and are afterward folded back on the guard, Fig. 5, for convenience incarrying.

Other devices can be used for clamping the guard within the cup andstill carry out the end and design of my invention, which consists of aremovable mustache-guard, in combination with a drinking cup or vessel.I therefore do not confine myself to the shape and conformation of theguard, as shown, and to the clamps d d, but will use such as convenienceor necessity may suggest.

I claim as my invention 1. A mustache-guard, substantially as described,consisting of a plate and the elastic clamps pivotally connected to theplate by horizontal pivot-pins, whereby the clamps are adapted to dependfrom the plate when in an operative position and to be folded upon saidplate, as set forth.

2. A mustache-guard, substantially as described, comprising a fiat platehaving the recess 0 in one edge thereof and the elastic clamps pivotallyconnected by horizontal pivots to the plate at the edge thereof and atopposite sides of the recess therein to enable said clamps to be foldedupon the plate and to depend therefrom, as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a mustache-guard comprising arecessed plate and the foldable depending clamps having the elasticmembers and pivotally connected to

